Spirit of '76

Here's a rant from one of my other pages RightWingDuck.us:

What do we celebrate on the 4th of July? Is it the anniversary of the first battle of the Revolutionary War? Nope, that was April 19th, 1775. Is the anniversary of the surrender of the British at Yorktown? Nope, that was October 17th, 1781. Perhaps it is when our new government under the Consitution was ratified. Nope, Jun 21, 1788. So what exactly is July 4th 1776?

On July 3rd, 1776 the Second Continental Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence which was presented to the public on July 4th, 1776. On July 4th America raised its head, let the divine light shine upon its face and looked its tyrant, and all tryants present and future, in the eyes and told him to GFY.